Fri Apr 13, 2007 9:48 am
Hi all
One of the most important campaign wins Carers Uk ever achieved was to get a question about caring put onto the 2001 census. It might not seem like much but this was an incredibly important milestone - prior to this the government had no idea how many carers there were in the country, where they lived etc. The census information has proved invalauable, especially to local service providers who can find out exactly how many carers live in each area.
The Office of National Statistics (who carry out the census) are planning to reduce the size of the next census to 3 pages, this means that after all the usual questions like age, gender etc there is only half a page left for other questions. This means that we are at risk of losing the question about carers. I can't stress how important this is in terms of campaigning and getting the evidence we need about carers' lives.
We are asking everyone to write a letter to the Office of National Statistics and copy in the minister for carers. I know not everyone has the time so alternatively tell us your thoughts here on this forum thread and with your permission we can use them in any further submissions we make about this issue.
Please take a minute to read the page at
http://www.carersuk.org/Newsandcampaign ... tingCarers
Thanks
Matt
One of the most important campaign wins Carers Uk ever achieved was to get a question about caring put onto the 2001 census. It might not seem like much but this was an incredibly important milestone - prior to this the government had no idea how many carers there were in the country, where they lived etc. The census information has proved invalauable, especially to local service providers who can find out exactly how many carers live in each area.
The Office of National Statistics (who carry out the census) are planning to reduce the size of the next census to 3 pages, this means that after all the usual questions like age, gender etc there is only half a page left for other questions. This means that we are at risk of losing the question about carers. I can't stress how important this is in terms of campaigning and getting the evidence we need about carers' lives.
We are asking everyone to write a letter to the Office of National Statistics and copy in the minister for carers. I know not everyone has the time so alternatively tell us your thoughts here on this forum thread and with your permission we can use them in any further submissions we make about this issue.
Please take a minute to read the page at
http://www.carersuk.org/Newsandcampaign ... tingCarers
Thanks
Matt